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What (who) is bated - definition
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Bating; Bated; Bate (disambiguation)
Bated
·Impf & ·p.p. of Bate.
II. Bated ·adj Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
bated
¦ adjective (in phr. with bated breath) in great suspense.
Origin
C16: from the past participle of obs. bate 'restrain', from abate.
Usage
The correct phrase is with bated breath not with baited breath.
bated
If you wait for something with bated breath, you wait anxiously to find out what will happen. (FORMAL)
We listened with bated breath to Grandma's stories of her travels.
PHRASE: usu PHR after v
Examples of use of bated
1. Investors had been awaiting ICL‘s report with bated breath.
2. We‘re waiting with bated breath to see how Mrs B handles it.
3. I know you‘re waiting for my answer –– aren‘t you? –– with bated breath.
4. By Ido Solomon After six months of waiting with bated breath, it has finally begun.
5. With bated breath we waited for the results of the scan.